Best PlacesCollegeville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Collegeville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Collegeville ranks 71st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Collegeville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Collegeville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Collegeville ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of cities
- Household income$164,741 median, better than 95% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of cities
Where Collegeville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 23% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Collegeville
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Collegeville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $164,741, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Collegeville's effective rate of 1.37%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Collegeville
Collegeville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Collegeville.
Who works in Collegeville, and how
Work in Collegeville centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Collegeville
Collegeville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Collegeville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Collegeville, month by month
Collegeville sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Collegeville
Philadelphia International sits about 24 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Collegeville
Schools across Collegeville average an A+, better than 98% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Valley Forge El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- New Eagle El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Evergreen El SchA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley Forge MsA+ · 90% proficient
- Perkiomen Valley Ms-westA+ · 70% proficient
- Perkiomen Valley Ms-eastA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring-ford Shs 9-12 CtrA+ · 98% proficient
- Conestoga ShsA+ · 89% proficient
- Methacton HsA+ · 86% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Collegeville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Collegeville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Collegeville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Collegeville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of cities and 32% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Collegeville
Is Collegeville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Collegeville ranks 71st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, what local pay buys, and population health, and lowest on state infrastructure and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Collegeville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $526,743. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $164,741 median income, cost of living beats 97% of cities.
Is Collegeville safe?
Yes, Collegeville is safer than 66% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Collegeville?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 22. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of cities.
Is Collegeville good for families?
Schools beat 98% of cities, crime safety beats 66%, and childcare runs $1,296 a month.
Compare Collegeville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Collegeville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Collegeville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Collegeville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Collegeville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Collegeville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Collegeville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Collegeville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Collegeville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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